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Barthelona

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November 27th 2009
I only discovered I was going to Barcelona two hours before we flew from Gatwick, thanks to Ursula playing me like a fiddle with her superior lying skills. When I guessed six weeks beforehand that we were going to Paris, she grimaced in an embarrassed way and said "don't get your hopes up". Then a couple of days before the flight I chanced upon a book on our bedroom floor called Great Hotels i ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more